John Rowe

Poet

Berkeley, CA
California US
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Author's Bio

John Rowe is the author of several poetry chapbooks, including: At My Wit's Beginning (Eventuality Press), Winsome Losesome (Eventuality Press), and Beyond Perspective (Finishing Line Press). John's poems have appeared in a variety of small press journals and anthologies. He has enjoyed active participation as a featured reader at many venues and festivals, as well as volunteer involvement in the organization/ leadership of community poetry events in the San Francisco Bay Area for over 25 years. He was a co-host of the Last Word Poetry Reading Series (Berkeley). John has served as president of the Bay Area Poets Coalition (BAPC) and associate editor of Poetalk journal. He currently hosts a monthly (2nd Saturday) open reading on Zoom for BAPC. He and his wife, the poet Jan Dederick, reside in El Cerrito, CA.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Ice Cream Poems (World Enough Writers, 2017)
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San Diego Poetry Annual 2014-15 (William Harry Harding--Garden Oak Press, 2015)
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GRRRRR: A Collection of Poems About Bears (Arctos Press, 2000)
Chapbook:
Beyond Perspective (Finishing Line Press, 2015)
Journals:
Brevities: A Mini-Mag of Minimalist Poems
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California Quarterly
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Hawk & Whippoorwill
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Lilliput Review
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Minotaur
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Poetry Depth Quarterly
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Red Lights
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San Francisco Peace and Hope
Prizes won: 

Grand Prize (2002), First Prize (2010), and other prize-winning poems (2009-2019) -- Artists Embassy International’s Annual Dancing Poetry Festival Contests; Grand Prize (2010) -- Bay Area Poets Seasonal Review Contest: Prize-winning poems in the Annual Poets' Dinner Contests (Northern CA); Prize-winning poems in the Ina Coolbrith Circle's annual contests.

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Mark Strand, Jane Hirshfield, Julia Vinograd, James Tate, Ron Padgett, Mary Oliver, Billy Collins, Charles Simic, Linda Pastan

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Oakland, CA
California
Raised in: 
Berkeley, CA
California
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Last update: Aug 19, 2023